Sept. 21, 2002

Final Stats

Huntsville, Texas - The University of Houston men's cross country team had their best showing of the season with a second-place finish at the Sam Houston State Invitational on Friday, September 20.

Freshman Sesar Figueroa led the Cougars as he finished in third place among the collegiate runners with a time of 24:11. Sophomore Jason Banes finished just behind Figueroa with a time of 24:14. Ronnie Martinez also finished in ninth place for the Cougars.

Sam Houston State won the men's division with 43 points, while Houston was second with 63 points in the meet that included nine teams.

In the women's division, Houston competed without their top two runners and finished in third place with a team score 76 points. Freshman Autumn Tawater was Houston's top performer as she finished in fourth place with a time 19:49. Teri Littlepage was eighth among the collegiate runners with a time 20:08 and Shawna Florida finished in 18th place with a time of 20:39.

Sam Houston State Invitational Final Results
September 20, 2002
Huntsville, Texas

Men's Division
Team Scores
1. Sam Houston State 43, 2. Houston 63, 3. Stephen F. Austin 82, 4. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 90, 5. Texas-Arlington 99, 6. Texas A&M "B" 135, 7. TCU 157, 8. TSU 234, 9. Prairie View A&M 253.

Individual Results
1. Thomas Pillow, (Unatt.) 23:58, 2. Raul Villareal (Sam Houston St.) 24:04, 3. Joe Amburn (Sam Houston St.) 24:09, 4. Sesar Figueroa (Houston) 24:11, 5. Jason Banes (Houston) 24:14, 6. Seb Villalva (Unatt.) 24:15, 7. Jackson Langat (TCU) 24:24; 8. Amlesom Teklai (Stephen F. Austin) 24:24, 9. Julian Acuna (Unatt.) 24:28, 10. Enrique Garza (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) 24:40.

Other Houston Runners
12. (9) Ronnie Martinez, 24:48, 26. (18) Toartou Kargou 25:14, 40. (29) Maurillio Sanchez 25:37, 54 (38) Justin Urrutia 26:46.

Women's Division
Team Scores
1. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 38, 7. TCU 39, 3. Houston 76, 4. Texas A&M "B" 99, 5. Sam Houston State 123, 6. Texas-Arlington 135, 7. TSU 198.

Individual Results
1. Kathy Newberry, (Unatt.) 18:33, 2. (1) Alayne Thompson, TCU 19:06, 3. Jodi Hawkins (Unatt.) 19:14, 4. (2) Anita Quirino, Texas A&M-CC 19:34, 5. Candice Kolb (Unatt.) 19:36, 6. (3) Robin Schacht, TCU 19:45, 7. (4) Autumn Tawater (Houston) 19:49, 8. (5) Katrina Zielinski (TCU) 19:54, 9. (6) Rachel Hudson (A&M-CC) 20:02, 10. (7) Yvonne Rodriguez (A&M-CC) 20:03.

Other Houston Runners
11. (8) Terie Littlepage 20:08, 23. (18) Shawna Florida 20:39, 28.(21) Heather Howse 21:01, 36.(25) Julie Perez 21:15, 53. (36) Crystal Ryan 22:20, 54. (37) Katie Ryan 22:29.